Crave Cupcakes - Houston’s newest cupcake gourmet bakeshop

Gary and I decided to drop by Crave Cupcakes, located in Uptown Park, yesterday to take the edge off from my motorcycle spill.  A cupcake can make ANYBODY feel better about ANYTHING…trust me, I am the Cake Diva, remember?

The shop itself is clean and bright - LOVE all the open space - kind of a mix between modern and retro.  The shop was designed by award winning design group avroKO.  Clean lines and simple with beautiful crisp color.  In the displays, they have cleverly placed a single cupcake under glass across the top…some of the flavors that popped out to me were Nutella (topped with a beautiful little hazelnut) and the Cranberry Orange.

Mr. G.’s fave thing in the world is Key Lime Pie, so he opted to order the Key Lime Cupcake and I decided to go with my favorite, Red Velvet.  Each cupcake cost $3.25 - which seems to be the going rate for “gourmet” cupcakes - however they seemed to be much smaller than say a Sprinkles cupcake…

The young girl delivered them to us in this cute little box

I love the fact that they are able to box just two, like this…very cool

The Key Lime Cupcake was a soft and moist vanilla based cake.  The frosting was lovely with a burst of tartness from the lime and a really nice treat to have the finely crushed graham cracker sprinkled on the top.  I would DEFINITELY order this again.

The Red Velvet was a bit of a disappointment for a couple of reasons - number one, it wasn’t RED…it was more like a devils food cake and number two, it didn’t taste of anything…a Red Velvet should taste of chocolate.   The chocolate taste in this cake was virtually nonexistent.  I have to say though, on a positive note, that the cake itself was wonderfully moist - just flavorless.  The saving grace was the cream cheese frosting - perfect blend of sweet and creaminess from the cream cheese, giving the cupcake some substance. 

Plus they had cute little fondant cutout on top that was embossed with a stand up mixer - too cute and ties in the theme of the place!

All in all, I would definitely recommend Crave to anyone wanting a delicious, moist quick cupcake fix!!!  They also do gift packs.

Crave Cupcakes is located in Uptown Park 1151-06 Uptown Park Blvd.  Houston, TX 77056  713-62-CRAVE

www. cravecupcakes.com